Death Penalty

[Rotting Eye]

Originally posted by Je Suis Phnomne
Life in prison = MORE tax money taken out of my hard earned money to give a criminal the things that I pay a great deal for each and every month while making an honest living...

That statement is not true. Through all the appeal processes capital punishment cases usually run to cost more than $2 million dollars, while to keep someone in a cell in a maximum security cell for 40 years it costs $750,000 to $1 million. Either way tax payers have to pay for it.

I read that it costs in California average of six times more to kill someone, than to keep them in jail. It could have saved tax payers $90 million.

Not only does it cost more money, people who are innocent get put to death. Over 87 people have been released from death row after being wrongly accused, and over 23 people have been wrongly put to death. One of each was too many.

Spending the rest of your life in a maximum security prison, (example: sitting in a cell for more than half a day, being outside for less than an hour, etc etc) is far more agonizing that being put to death would ever be. Death is a release for people with life sentances without possibility of parole. I was watching the History Channel, or A&E, or something like that, when a prison special came on and one inmate said, "Being in here is the worst feeling ever. See that mountain outside my window? I know I'm never going to see the other side of it." Prison sucks, plain and simple.

[Nate]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Here's some information for you Cheeba...You cannot get the death penalty for accidental manslaughter, it isn't even an option....

The only people considered for the death penalty are those who MORE than deserve it...Feel better now?:)

So basically what your saying is everyone that ever got the death penalty was guilty??hell noo ive read of quite a few people who have gotten the death penalty and after they were executed they were found innocent.As for the accidental man slaughter do you really think prosecuters wont turn it around and make an accident try to look like it was done intentional?? happens all the time so yes people have gotten the death penalty for accidents to.You make it sound like the judicial system is perfect and its far from it.

[Nate]

Originally posted by Haunted


The problem now is race. A majority of the inmates on death row are black. It is less likely for a white man to get the death penalty than it is for a black man. So I think that racial fairness should be considered. [/B]

Show me your numbers to back up your claims.I do not believe at all theres more black people on death row.Race has no issue here at all it is void.Even if there were more black people on death row why is it unfair??You have to look at why they were put there and thats all you can go by plain and simple.So if there were a 70% caucasion and 30% black are you going to tell me then white people are not being treated fairly?No we are people and we need to take responsibility for are actions theres no color when it comes to being a serial killer and the people who have been 100% prooven to be guilty of a crime so malicious have lost all rights to ever be treated fairly again.People need to quit turning everything into a race issue if theres a flaw lets blame it on race and not of general human stupidity, total nonsense

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by Nate
So basically what your saying is everyone that ever got the death penalty was guilty??hell noo ive read of quite a few people who have gotten the death penalty and after they were executed they were found innocent.As for the accidental man slaughter do you really think prosecuters wont turn it around and make an accident try to look like it was done intentional?? happens all the time so yes people have gotten the death penalty for accidents to.You make it sound like the judicial system is perfect and its far from it.

Umm...Actually, THIS is what I said...

Originally posted by bloodrayne
The death penalty is only considered where intent is proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

And THIS...

Originally posted by bloodrayne

I'm quite appreciative for OUR justice system, as flawed as it may be.

And by the last comment, when I admitted that our justice system is flawed and NOT perfect...I was expressing my appreciation for the fact that it isn't as bad as it is in many other countries:)

[HappyCamper]

i'm for the death penalty. But i believe that only those convicted of murder should be sentenced to death.

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by HappyCamper
i'm for the death penalty. But i believe that only those convicted of murder should be sentenced to death.

Did you read ANY part of this thread?:confused:

[fluffho]

rotting's numbers dont lie

we spend so much to kill people when we could bt spending it on education?

i went to UC last year and they upped the tuition addition $1200. that was EXTREMELY hard on people.

i am a comunity colege now (cop courses). tuition was 8. was hiked up to 12. that was VERY hard for so many people. many people had to borrow money to even pay the extra 6. now its being hiked up to 20....

why? budget cuts.

i live in san diego, and the past 2 years our POLICE force has been cut. we can't replace cars (supposed to retire at 80,000. many are going on 140,000), and we are losing more cops (some deaths, mainly retirements) than are able to hire. we havent even had an academy in a year because they couldnt afford it. THe ratio of cops to people is 1:1000. at any time, there are 4 cops on duty.. 4? thats about 1:3500 people. yeh i feel safe.

well why not cut a little out of the death penalty. put moralty aside, 'you murder someone , so we get to murder you'

whats more important, our children, our police force, or making sure some asshole 'gets what he deserves' and dont give me that 'well that killer could get out and kill our kids' cuz that... doesnt... happen... our prison systems are much more efficient than what is protrayed. and we need cops to hunt down these fuckers. and with only 4 people to survey let me think... 5 counties? hmmmmm

[Alucard]

Death is too easy ons some .




Let me at them.

[Alucard]

** On some

[Ritualistic]

I believe that if a person is proven guilty of his/her crime depending on what the crime is then YES Kill the mother fuckers... But I have a mixed emotion on it, I think they are too damn easy on them. United States is too damn nice to prisoners...